Puce May, the rising project from Frederikke
Hoffmeier brings us dark and brooding sounds with her new release “The Great
Panic”.
The first track, “Another Dream On
Superiority” has a calm, yet ominous atmosphere, with speaking words on a
background of echoing synthesizer noises and a very slow sequence sound, which
seems to be carrying this track. The second one, “Scaps”, begins with a
pulsating sound and arpeggiator-like snare percussion, joined by flanged
effected vocals, which keeps the vains rushing and the mind focused. “The Great Panic”, the title track of the album, has a violent
atmosphere with delayed vocals and percussion interludes, combined with industrial,
reverbed sounds. The fourth, “Insomnia”, brings heavy, bashing percussion, together with spacy oscillated
noises and “Teach Them How To Think”, has some old school synthesizer sounds
going on, very dark and bleak, similar to the earlier works of M.B.
“Drugs I” has
a very nice industrial rhythm, and high ranged, unsorted sounds. And with many
sounds going on, this one is very well composed and carried out. The last track,
“Drugs II”, is similar to “Scaps”, but with a more deranged and mental sound.
“The Great Panic”, is a short and modest,
but very clear release that doesn’t mess around. The overall feeling of this record is existential and alien-like, with a dense and cold, factory vibe.
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